Cattle egrets, described by the Sussex Wildlife Trust as a "rare breeding bird in the UK," have started raising their young ...

Predicting this South Pacific seabird’s appearance in the state was utterly absurd – there had never been a Juan Fernandez ...

This is the second column on the words used to name the 4,600 or so species of birds in the Western Hemisphere. As I pointed out in Part I, some color names are used often while others are rare ...

What the eagle is to the U. S., the quetzal is to Guatemala. The quetzal (rhymes with pretzel) is a rare, lovely bird with bright green plumage, blood-red breast, fuzzy topknot, yard-long tail ...

The daredevil flight to save rare birds. 18 December 2023. ... large, black, striking-looking birds with long beaks and halo-like tufts ... are brainstorming baby names for 35 newly hatched bald ...

Blooming water lilies aren’t the only pink beauties drawing people to Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens right now. Two roseate spoonbills—tall, pale pink birds with, as their name implies, ...

This spring, there have been far more reported sightings of rare birds in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park than ever before. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

Now as the origins of this bird's name would suggest, the titmouse belongs to a very well-known family of European birds. In Britain, all 12 members of the Paridae family are known simply as "tits." ...

What makes this so unusual is that a Vermilion Flycatcher hasn’t been reported in Minnesota in 21 years. It is a bird native to South America, Mexico and the very southern tip of the United States.

Best Thing in Texas A Rare “Lost Bird” Was Feared Extinct. Texas Scientists Just Found It in the Congo. The yellow-crested helmetshrike hadn’t been seen in decades—and it wasn't the only ...